This boat was originally from Pigeon Lake, where she spent her first 10 years in a comfortable, safe boat-house. Purchased by the Vasigas in 1976, she was used for a couple of years at their cottage on Gold Lake before engine problems grounded her usage. Combined engine woes, along with damage to her hull (collision with a stump!), led the Vasigas to retire the boat 'temporarily' to a dry home under their elevated cottage. Turns out she spent over 20 years here, serving well as a counter for tools and tackle boxes!

During the summer of 2004 Dan Vasiga, now in British Columbia, decided that the 'someday boat restoration project' should happen. It was then that he contacted John, and started the ball rolling for his Dad, Mike, who took the tools off the bow, dragged the boat from under the cottage, and got the Aquacraft into the capable hands of John's Little Boat Shop for a complete restoration. Correspondence with pictorial and text descriptions between John and Dan kept the project ongoing throughout the winter of 2004, which netted beautiful results for a 2005 Spring launch. Now all that is needed to complete this amicable transaction is to someday meet Dan, and see this beautiful boat in action!